Barbara Holub, Dr.

University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Barbara Holubartist, researcher, based in Vienna founded transparadiso with urbanist Paul Rajakovics as transdisciplinary practice between art, architecture and urban intervention (1999); president of the Secession, Vienna (2006-2007); Austrian National Art Award (2018); directed the aBarbara Holubartist, researcher, based in Vienna founded transparadiso with urbanist Paul Rajakovics as transdisciplinary practice between art, architecture and urban intervention (1999); president of the Secession, Vienna (2006-2007); directed the artistic research project “Planning Unplanned. Towards a New Positioning of Art in the Context of Urban Development (2010-2013), Vienna University of Technology/ Institute of Art and Design) and published “Planning Unplanned. Can Art Have a Function? Towards a New Function of Art in Society” (2015, Verlag für Moderne Kunst); External Examiner at The Bartlett for “Situated Practice”, London (2019-2022); member of the jury of the “Innovation Fund for Culture in Public Space”, Stuttgart (2018>); Austrian National Art Award (2018); Research Award of the Austrian Chamber of Architects (2022). Currently she directs the flagship project “WE PARAPOM!” (weparapom.eu) for the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025. Forthcoming publication: Barbara Holub. Silent Activism (de Gruyter/ edition Angewandte, 2022).

Secondment Destinations:
van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL): TBC
NN Contemporary, Northampton (GB): TBC


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